{mosimage}BBC News - Tony Blair has said Iran poses a "major strategic threat" to the Middle East and is "deliberately causing" problems. At his monthly media briefing the prime minister said the Iranian regime was "deeply extreme".

{mosimage}AFP - Britain on Monday condemned Iran's behaviour in fueling violence in neighbouring Iraq as "unacceptable," calling on Tehran to become a constructive partner with the West or face greater isolation.

{mosimage}Baroness Harris of Richmond addressed the largest gathering of Iranians in Paris on July 1, 2006. "I stand here as a representative of the British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom. But also as the voice of a great many colleagues in the British Houses of Parliament, who wholeheartedly and actively support your cause for freedom and democracy in Iran," Baroness Harris said.

{mosimage}Lord Russell-Johnston, former chairman of the parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe, addressed a group of Norwegian lawmakers at a meeting at the Norwegian parliament in Oslo on November 8, 2006. The following is the text of his speech: